In this article, we discuss the 10 most important blood tests that people over the age of 40 should have each year. Armed with the results of these tests, aging adults can work together with their physicians to avert serious health problems and achieve optimal health.
Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on the 15th February 1874 in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland. The second of ten children, he was brought up in London, attending Dulwich College before joining the Merchant Navy aged 16.
Sir John Hawkins. John Hawkins, the son of a merchant, was born in Plymouth in 1532. He became a sea captain and in 1562 became the first Englishman to start capturing people in Sierra Leone and selling them as slaves to Spanish settlers in the Caribbean. The following year his cousin, Francis Drake, joined him in these activities.